Diversity in Geekdom: Video Games

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Video games like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto 5 have made headlines in the last few years thanks to record breaking sales. Those sales exist because video games are hugely popular. About 185 million people in the United States play video games.

It’s no secret that people of all background play video games, its hard to tell that from the lack of diversity among playable characters.

According to a study published in the journal “New Media and Society” in 2009, only 3% of all video games characters can be identified as Latino. And of that 3%, only 5% are characters you can use to play.

As we continue our series on Diversity in Geekdom, Latino USA producer Daisy Rosario speaks with three people who love video games but would like to see things change.

Much like free to pay (and pay out and pay) to make substantial progress and stay competitive. So the majority of players can become paying a lot more than the cost of a typical game (60-70$). Best scheme on the videogame sector to make more money since your scheme connected with releasing half-baked games after which it “patch” it with DLCs. Soon, gamers never own entire games any longer, much like they don’t really actually own their property or their own car : they simply make monthly bills for the correct to use them. http://bit.ly/1Eg2ayq

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